oh my goodness.

We had a good trip to Adelaide. Tom's Endocrinologist is very happy with his bsl and management.

I thought we would be at the hospital a lot longer than we were but were leaving Adelaide by 11.30.

We were only 5 km out of Port Augusta and I was pulled over by police for a random breath test. I was clear but this other police officer found that the car I was driving was unregistered. Our car registration was due last November and somehow we overlooked paying it.

I was interviewed on the side of the road by the police and when he finished he told me that I will be summoned to court in 4 to 6 weeks for driving an unregistered vehicle. I will get fined and may loose my license for a short time. They let me drive the car home and when Steve got home I told him and we went and registered the car.

Without the police pulling us over we never would have realized that the car was unregistered. If we had been in an accident we would have had no insurance which is really frightening. I was a bit scared when the policeman told me that the car was unregistered but this is better than having an accident and finding out. I have learnt my lesson.

Off to Adelaide.

Tom is having a check up to see how things are going with his pump. I am pretty certain that his Hba1c (a blood test that tells his average) will be much lower. His bsl are excellent on the pump and we only have ocasional lows and highs.

I won't have computer access while we are gone so will post again in a couple of days.

God bless
Therese

Excellent Blog Award.

Thanks to Michelle at Dei Gracia, Lisa at Episcopollyanna and Kathy at The daily Grotto for passing on this award to my blog. I feel very honoured that three of you choose me.

The rules:

By accepting this Excellent Blog Award, you have to award it to 10 more people whose blogs you find Excellent Award worthy. You can give it to as many people as you want-even those that have received it already, but please award at least 10 people.


I pass this award onto:

Fr. John Speekman from Homilies and Reflections from Australia

Marilena from St. Therese's Roses

Paramedic Golden Girl from Salve Regina

Marco from Third Blog from the Right

Lilder from Umm, Where am I?

Easter from Mostly Prayers

Shell from Thinking Love, No Twaddle

+JMJ+ from Totus Tuus Family and Catholic Homeschool

Jen from He Knows My Name

Alexandria from Happy Hearts at Home

What is your Personality Profile?

You are dreamy, peaceful, and young at heart. Optimistic and caring, you tend to see the best in people. You tend to be always smiling - and making others smile. You are shy and intelligent... and a very hard worker. You're also funny, but many people don't see your funny side. Your subtle dry humor leaves your close friends in stitches.

The World's Shortest Personality Test

H/T Louise

The other night after Mass

After Saturday night vigil Mass, we had an Australia Day BBQ. Here are some photo's of our youngest 4 that were taken.

My Week

I saw this at Sailing by Starlight's blog

Work = Done but only just

Home = Peaceful

Head = weary

Mood = happy

Friends = wonderful

Family = lovely

Prayer = a bit neglected

Reading = quiet time

Bible study = time with Steve

Awareness = sometimes hehe

Sleep = the best thing

Fun = other blogs and friends online

Love = essential.

My new pantry

Here is my new pantry in stages:

Today I did my first oamc day. It was a big job and I am exhausted. We have had a couple of extra bills so my plan was to cook for 20 days rather than 30.

I have made:

Pizza's

Mushroom pasta sauce

Tomato pasta sauce

chicken chow mein

Beef stroganoff

Still to make (because we had so many other things going on today):

Chicken enchiladia's

Lasagna

Boglanaise sauce

Sausage casserole

Chicken cheesecake

For each of these I doubled our recipe and we will have 20 meals in the freezer tomorrow.

I will be doing the next big one in a fortnight. A few things I will do differently.

1) Shop the day before and cut up all the vegetables. I got up at 6 this morning so that I could do the shopping. The children helped me cut up the vegetables so it didn't take too long but I didn't start cooking till after lunch.

2) Plan to do nothing else all day. I had told the children that I would be able to take them to Big W for stationery needs. This was the other reason I didn't start cooking till lunch time.

3) Write out a list of recipes and do them in order. Hopefully as I do it a couple more times it will become easier.

17 Years ago today.

I married my best friend.

It was a very grand day. The weather was perfect and even though we were both very nervous in front of all those people we still said our vows without a hitch.

We were married in St. Patricks Church Adelaide and had a reception at the Colonial.

Happy Aniversary Steve. I hope it is a great day for you.

Curtains and floor from our Master Bedroom.

Remember the shot I took of the curtains by my sewing table? I couldn't stand them not going back to the bracket for the rod so I cut one down and we used it as one half of the curtains on the window behind our bed. I have done the other one so now all I need to do is the curtain by the sewing table again and the quilt. I will measure it properly now.



Steve has finished of the floor and it looks fantastic. I love walking on it with bare feet. It has such a smooth feel to it.So here are a couple of photos so that you can see what it looks like.

Meme

Here is my response to Angela's and Jean's Tag.

Since I have two tags I am going to post two books and tag 10 people.

Here are the rules.

1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people.

For little one's, decide on your own. Figure out the logical time for these activities to occur in your home and family and write them down. Make up any charts you need and post them.

My five tags are:

Jane

Shakespeare's Cobbler

Ann

Abbey

Linda

My next book.

More Significant, however, was Elizabeth's sacred bond with her sister-in-law Rebecca Seton, a rarely spiritual soul. The two became quickly "soul sisters", and their mutual devotions and good works earned for them the indulgent nickname of "Protestant Sister's of Charity". When the two came together, under the direction of the earnest curate of Trinity, they leaped forward, in a holy bond that was a nascent form of religious community, a "sacred circle" to which they later invited Catherine Dupleix.

Five tags:

Christine

Shelly

Kris

Kathy

Marco

Book Meme.

Both Angela and Jean have tagged me for a book meme.

I will get to it at some stage this week. I am just too tired to go and get a book at this stage and there isn't one here that is longer than 123 pages. Unless you want me to write from the telephone book lol.

Our curriculum for this year.

Tomorrow we are going to Linda's and Bill's to get our curriculum for this year.

The subjects we will do this year will be:

Spelling
English
Phonics and Reading
Latin
Maths
Science
History
Religion
Catechism lessons
Sewing and Baking.

Spelling and Phonics, English, Latin and Maths will be every day subjects. Science will be twice a week. History once a week, Religion three times a week Catechism twice a week, Sewing once a week and Baking once a week.

The books I have ordered are:

Voyages in Language and Literature

Prima Latina

The Story of the World

Great Science Adventures

Catch the Sewing Bug

Signpost Maths

Voyages in Phonics

Essential Spelling

My idea for the timetable will be:

Lesson 1: Religion or catechism.
Lesson 2: Spelling
Lesson 3: Reading and Phonics
Lesson 4: Literature
Lesson 5: Maths
Lesson 6: Latin
Lesson 7: Science, History, Baking or Sewing.

meme.

I was tagged by Kathleen from The Daily Grotto.

Here are my answers.

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE ?
I was born on the feast of St. Therese so was named after her. I have to say though, I didn't know any other Therese's. I accused my mother of making the name up when I was about 10.

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? I honestly cannot remember. I cry over really small things sometimes so it probably was fairly recently.

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Yes.

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Honey Ham

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? 7 children. four sons and three daughters.

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? Yes.

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? Not really. I usually try not to but sometimes cannot help myself.

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? No. I had mine out when I was 7 or 8. My younger sister was in hospital with me and it is actually one of my happiest childhood memories. We really loved being in hospital.

WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? Maybe.

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Coco pops. We very rarely have them though.

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? No

12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? I think I have a pretty strong personality. I do care what people think of me but I don't let that thought make decisions for me. If I have to choose between God being happy and others being happy, I will choose God being happy.

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? Butterscotch icecream.

14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? There clothes.

15. RED OR PINK? Red is my favourite colour.

16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF? My procrastination

17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? My friends Lynda, Bernie and other Catholic mothers in Adelaide.

18. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? White pants and blue shoes.

19. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? Baramundi, chips and salad.

20. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? Entertaing Angels. My 14 year old is listening to it on the other computer.

21. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Red. My favourite colour.

22. FAVORITE SMELLS? Home baked bread, lasagna, White Dimands perfume.

23. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? Madeline. My 12 year old daughter.

24. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH? Netball and basketball.

25. HAIR COLOR? Brown

26. EYE COLOR? Hazel.

27. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? no.

28. FAVORITE FOOD?Anything Italian.

29. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? Happy hands down. I don't really like scary movies.

30. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? The child King.

31. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? Pinky purple.

32. SUMMER OR WINTER?Summer hands down.

33. HUGS OR KISSES? Kisses.

34. FAVORITE DESSERT? Cheesecake,

35. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? Sink Reflections by fly lady.

36. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? No mouse pad next to our computer. My mouse is sitting on a white piece of paper.

37. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON T.V. LAST NIGHT? Nothing.

38. FAVORITE SOUNDS? Piano.

39. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Beatles

40. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? Cairns.

41. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? Sewing, knitting.

42. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Adelaide, South Australia

This meme is pretty long. I tag the following.

Lisa from Episcopollyanna

Leah from Lowdenclear

Suzy Q from Sailing by Starlight

Paramedic Girl from Salve Regina

Fr. John Speekman from Homilies and Reflections from Australia

and finally

Laura from Laura the Crazy mom (since she likes to talk so much).

Saturday.

This morning Madeline, Brigette and I went into town to help with a WYD BBQ. We are hoping to raise some money to send some youth to WYD in July. We sold quite a few sausages but still have many left over so next week we will sell them after Saturday night Mass.

I came home and after cleaning up around the house and hanging some washing, I started the curtains for our room. The first lot are hanging up and hopefully I will do the other window tomorrow. I am really happy with the way they look. I probably could have made them a bit wider but they cover the window so that is fine.

spreading the love award.

Lisa at Unexpected Journey and Lisa at Episcopollyanna both passed this award onto me.

Here is Lisa's post from Episcopollyanna and here is Lisa's post from Unexpected Journey.

I want to pass this award onto

Athanasius from 50 Days After.
Ebeth from A Catholic Mom Climbing the Pillars
JoAnn from The Creamer Chronicles
Dawn from The Three B's
The mom from Shoved to Them
AussieAnnie from Under her Starry Mantle
Annelisa from My Motherhood
lastly, but certainly not leastly
Lynn from Signs and wonders

A Ham Sandwich????????

You Are a Ham Sandwich

You are quiet, understated, and a great comfort to all of your friends. Over time, you have proven yourself as loyal and steadfast. And you are by no means boring. You do well in any situation - from fancy to laid back. Your best friend: The Turkey Sandwich Your mortal enemy: The Grilled Cheese Sandwich

What Kind of Sandwich Are You?

Thanks to SuzyQ from sailing by sunlight for this quiz.

Master bedroom just about done.

Yesterday my mother came to Port Augusta on the train. She will stay with us for a week. She has recently had an operation on one of her knee's and will be having another one on the other knee in a couple of weeks. I would apreciate prayers for her and that the operation will be successful.

Because she was here this morning Steve and I went to Mass on our own. It was great. We got there 15 minutes early and prayed in the church. I haven't had a moment like that for a long time.

I have picked out most of Toms and Amelia's curriculum for this year and I am putting together our daily routine. I am feeling very excited about homeschooling them and interacting with them on a daily basis.

Steve has finally finished the painting in our room so all that we need to do now is the curtains and quilt. You can see from the photos what a great job he has done. I am so very proud of him. This is the fabric I have bought for our quilt and curtains. Hopefully I will get the curtains finished before school starts.

We're back!!!!!!!!

We had two nights at Port Broughton Caravan Park. It was a great holiday and great to spend some time with my girlfriend Di and her family. We went to the beach and relaxed by the pool. The children loved the jumping pad and riding around the park on their bikes. It was a real break for me. I didn't cook any main meals. On the first night we had sausages which Steve cooked, we went to the pub for Tom's birthday and last night on our way home we bought McDonalds for tea.

Tom had a great birthday. We bought him a roboraptor (That is the picture that is in the top corner). Tom has the big one. It has been a real hit around here. Christopher is a bit frightened of it but also attracted to it. He keeps on asking the other children to play it while he stands back.

It is good to be home. The children have two weeks of holidays left. Steve goes back next week on Thursday.

ETA, The caravan park we stayed at was one of the best one's I have ever been to. If you are wanting a holiday in SA by the beach I cannot recomend this one highly enough.

Fly Lady is right.

We really can see the results of de cluttering. I am noticing more and more how much easier the house work and routine is without any excess around. I have got my routines for our bedroom, the lounge/dining room and kitchen down pat now. Our room takes about 15 minutes, the lounge/dining room about 20 and the kitchen around 30 minutes.

I won't be blogging for a couple of days. We are going to the beach for a couple of days. Tom will have his 8th birthday while we are gone so I will have lots to post about when we get back. While we are away I intend to write up my new mothers rule and my control journal. Hopefully it will help me get everything done that I need to get done.

The twelve days of a large family Christmas